{"id":99232,"date":"2019-02-13T09:26:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T14:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=99232"},"modified":"2019-02-13T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T14:35:30","slug":"column-a-confederate-yankee-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=99232","title":{"rendered":"COLUMN: A Confederate Yankee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support your local veterans\u2019 organizations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bill-mayers.jpg?resize=226%2C313&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bill-mayers.jpg?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bill-mayers.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bill-mayers.jpg?resize=108%2C150&amp;ssl=1 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a number of veterans&#8217; organizations that, among\nother endeavors, provide services to local communities, as well as national\nmatters. One is the Marine Corps League. In Chittenango, it&#8217;s the Emerald City\nDetachment. This unit is small in numbers, but remarkably active, including in\nthe enterprise called &#8220;Toys for Tots.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The detachment also supports youth activities, including scouts.\nOn Memorial Day, the Detachment can be counted upon to participate in public\nobservances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are plenty of opportunities for additional public\nservices, and the Detachment needs Marines who&#8217;re part of the Emerald City\nDetachment. Some haven&#8217;t actively participated lately, and that&#8217;s a bit of an\nembarrassment. The oft-stated purpose of the Corps is service, and the\nCommandant reminds us that once a Marine, always a Marine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I urge you to commit to bringing your tough ol&#8217; selves to\nmeetings to help out. Keep the record of the Corps before the public. And\nencourage young folks to seriously consider enlisting \u2013 its\u2019 important. It&#8217;s\nlife-changing. And it&#8217;s one of the most honorable things they can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Editor\u2019s note: William (Bill) Mayers of Canastota is\nan associate member, Emerald City Detachment<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support your local veterans\u2019 organizations There are a number of veterans&#8217; organizations that, among other endeavors, provide services to local communities, as well as national matters. One is the Marine Corps League. In Chittenango, it&#8217;s the Emerald City Detachment. This unit is small in numbers, but remarkably active, including in the enterprise called &#8220;Toys for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,21571],"tags":[23807,2164,24664,24662],"class_list":["post-99232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-story","category-veterans","tag-a-confederate-yankee","tag-boy-scouts","tag-usmc","tag-william-bill-mayers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-pOw","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bill-mayers.jpg?fit=226%2C313&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}